11 The princes of (A)Zoan are utterly foolish;
    the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am a son of the wise,
    a son of ancient kings”?

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22 And Moses (A)was instructed in (B)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was (C)mighty in his words and deeds.

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For though his officials are at (A)Zoan
    and (B)his envoys reach (C)Hanes,

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30 so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all (A)the people of the east (B)and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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12 In the sight of their fathers (A)he performed wonders
    in the land of Egypt, in (B)the fields of Zoan.

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38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, (A)in whom is the Spirit of God?”[a] 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:38 Or of the gods

19 For it is written,

(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
    and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

20 (B)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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14 I will make (A)Pathros a desolation
    and will set fire to (B)Zoan
    (C)and will execute judgments on (D)Thebes.

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26 (A)Disaster comes upon disaster; (B)rumor follows rumor. (C)They seek a vision from the prophet, while (D)the law[a] perishes from the priest and (E)counsel from the elders.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:26 Or instruction

Judgment on Edom

Concerning (A)Edom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(B)“Is wisdom no more in (C)Teman?
    (D)Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    (E)Has their wisdom vanished?

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21 (A)For the shepherds (B)are stupid
    and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
    (C)and all their flock is scattered.

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14 (A)Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
    (B)every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
    (C)and there is no breath in them.

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25 who frustrates the signs of liars
    and makes fools of diviners,
(A)who turns wise men back
    and makes their knowledge foolish,

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14 therefore, behold, (A)I will again
    do wonderful things with this people,
    with wonder upon wonder;
and (B)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

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13 The princes of (A)Zoan have become fools,
    and the princes of (B)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the (C)cornerstones of her tribes
    have made Egypt stagger.

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and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
    and I will confound[a] their (A)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
    and (B)the mediums and the necromancers;

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  1. Isaiah 19:3 Or I will swallow up

Surely I am too (A)stupid to be a man.
    I have not the understanding of a man.

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The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:

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